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Letters Patent No. 75,897, dated March' 24, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT N-BI`|OCKS FOB. CUTTING AND-SHAPING BRIMS 0F H ATS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known tha-t I, F. R. GOING, of oston, in, the county of Suffolk,and. State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hat-Curling, Cutting, and Shaping Boards; and I dohereby declare that thc following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of referencev marked thereon.. n

The nature of my invention consists in providing a' sinkage immediatelyaround the centre guiding or bandblock, into which thc brim-of the hatmay be pressed; also, in providing a guiding-edge to regulate the motionof a cuttinggauge, so that an inexperienced hand may cut'the curl in thebest possible manner.. I n the drawings l Figure 1 is a plan of' myimproved hat-board.

Figure 2 is a cross-vertical `section of the same. t

Figure 3 represents a cutting-gauge, which forms no` part of myinvention, but is required in cutting the A curl, and must be referredto in explaining the use' of my board.

B C is a circular board, made somewhat larger than the brim ofthe hat.AThe surface of this board that is not covered bythe band-bloek A iswhat is technically called a warped surface, and so made to suit thestyle into which the brim of the hat is to be pressed. H H is asinlmgeextendingr around the band-block, this sinkage being of the Widthrequired for the brim of the hat.' D D', E E is a hat ring extendingaround the sinkage H H. The outer line a 6 c (1 of this ring draws nearto the inner line a b c,d,vat E and E', and is more dis-l tant at D D',so that in cutting the curl, or Athat part of the brim that is foldedback on to itself, the knife M of the gauge K, fig; 3, will cut on aline more distant'from the line a b c' cl, (which corresponds to theouter edge ofthe brim,) at E and'E, than at-D and DI.

To use myimproved block, I proceed as follows: The hat is on theband-block A, and the brim is crowded down into the sinkage H H. Thisoperation causes the outer periphery of the brim, of which the curl isformed, to be thrown up into a position from which it may be veryreadily .doubled back on to the brim, thus forming the curl. The nextoperation is to trim or cut the curl.- This is done by pressing theshoulder `L, lig. 3, of the cutting-gauge against the outer edge, a b ceZ of the guidcring, and at the same time bearingdown and sliding lt-h'e gauge along, so that the knife M. vmay cut the curl as desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The -recessH H', formed immediately `around the band-block, andbetween the crown-block and cuttingguide E, substantially as describedand for thc purpose set forth. v

2. The guiding-edge n b c dof the guide E, against which the shoulder ofthe cutting-gauge l rests, in the operation of cutting the curl, in`combination with the hutblock, substantially as described and for thepurpose set forth. t p

F. R. GOING.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. Psaum, A. HUN BERnY.

